Stove-top



(No Model.)

RHAERST.

STOVE TOP.

N0. 446,729. Patented Feb. 3, 1891.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER HAERST, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

STOVE-TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,729, dated February 3, 1891'.

Application filed October 13, 1890. Serial No. 368,001. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern! Be it known that 1, PETER HAERST, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Stove-Tops; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in stoves; and it consists in a rotary disk or plate, through which the holes are made for the utensils which are used upon the top of the stove, this plate being capable of revolution around a vertical axis, so as to bring either of the holes .to the front or rear to change the position of the utensils with relation to the fire.

It also consists in a means for closing either of the holes temporarily from beneath while a utensil is to be removed, so as to prevent the escape of smoke and products of combustion, and in certain details of construction, all of which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section taken through the stove, showing the arrangement of my device. Fig. :2 is a plan View.

A is a stove, of any ordinary or suitable construction, having the top B and the fireplace O. The top B of the stove has a circular opening cut out, within which is fitted a circular plate D, having made through it a number of holes for utensils with the usual covers, as shown at E, these holes being made in this circular plate instead of in the stationary top of the stove, as is usual. Through the center of the plate passes a vertical shaft, the lower end of which fits into a step G, lo cated upon the top of the oven or at other suitable point beneath the top of the stove. The central portion of the plate D is thick enough to provide a hub through which this shaft passes, and through which a set-screw, key, or other means for securing the plate to the shaft may pass.

Upon the top of the shaft F is a handwheel H, which is situated at some height above the surface of the stove, so as not to interfere with any utensils which may be in use upon the stove, and this hand-wheel serves to turn the disk or plate around whenever it is desired. The disk may also have depressions a made in it for the insertion of a handle or lifter, which may be used to turn it. The outer edges of the disk or plate are preferably supported upon roller-guides I, which allow it to move easily when it is necessary to turn it, and by simply taking hold of the hand-wheel H the plate may be rotated about its center with great ease, even though utensils may be upon each of the four holes which are shown in it in the present case. The hand-wheel H is of considerable diameter, and serves as a shelf upon which any vessel or article may be conveniently placed whenever desired. seen that whenever pots or other utensils are to be placed on the 'stove this disk may be turned, so as to bring either of the holes close to the front, and the utensils canbe easily placed or removed without much exertion.

If it is desired to subject any one or two of the utensils to a greater heat, by revolving this plate the holes containing these utensils may be brought directly over the fire-place C and subjected to as much heat as may be desired, and whenever it is desired to reduce the By this arrangement it will be.

heat another turn of the plate will carry these utensils to the back and out of reach of the direct action of the fire.

WVhenever it is desired to remove any one of the utensils, and between the time of removal and the placing of a cover over the hole, I have shown a device for temporarily closing the opening, so as to prevent the escape of smoke or gas from the stove before the cover can be put on. This device consists of a disk or plate J, having a standard K, which extends down through any convenient portion of the stove, preferably at one side of an oven. At the lower end this standard is connected with a lever L, which is so fulcrumed that by placing the foot upon the outer end of the lever the plate J can be raised up beneath any one of the holes in the rotary disk D, the particular hole which is to be closed having first been brought above the disk by turning the plate D sufficiently for that purpose. Then as the proper utensil is removed from the hole the foot is placed upon the lever L, and the disk J is raised so as to close the hole from below until the regular cover can be put on. This prevents all escape of smoke or gas into the room with the accompanying dust and dirt. v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv 1. The improvement in stoves, consisting of a rotatable plate let into an opening in the stove-casing and having openings made through it, a shaft upon which the plate is mounted and by which it is rotated, a vertically-moving plate, and an operating-lever for raising the same to close any one of the op'enings in the rotatable plate when said opening ata point distant from it, said hand-wheel fleeing located above the utensils and serving as a support for them when removed from the opening made-through it so as to extend partially above the fire-place, a circular disk fitting said opening and having holes made through it for the reception of pots or utensils, a vertical central shaft to which the disk is fixed, a step in which said shaft turns, and a means forrotating it, guides or rollers upon which the periphery of the disk is supported, and a plate having a standard and a lever whereby it may be raised from below, s'o as to close any one of the holes in the disk when said hole is brought above the plate by the rotation of the disk, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

PETER IIAERST.

\Vitnesses:

S. H. NOURSE, H. 0. LEE. 

